Hat-pouncing machine.



M. DELOHERY.

HAT POUNGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1913 1,068,574. Q Patented July 29, 1913.

INVENTOR MICHAEL DELOI-IERY, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

I-IAT-POUNCING MACHINE.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL DELOHERY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Danbury, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pouncing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to hat pouncing machines, but more particularly relates to a machine so constructed and operated that the pouncing may be localized so as to produce a hat on the surface of which shall appear an ornamental design.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a View in plan, and partly broken away, of my improved machineFig. 2 a cross sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a hat as it appears after it has been subjected to the operation of my machine.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

My improvement operates upon hats while they are yet in the rough, and the hats themselves are formed from a mixture of animal fur fiber and any suitable fiber other than fur, preferably a vegetable fiber, such as wood fiber. In forming a hat from a mixture of different fibers of this sort, the vegetable or other fiber that is to be mixed with the fur is first colored in any desired hue, and the hat is then formed from the mixture. During the felting operating the vegetable or other foreign fiber will work into the interior of the hat body while the exterior of such body will present about the same appearance as a body formed wholly of animal fur fiber, and when the hat dyed, prior to the operation of my machine thereon, the coloring matter of the dye used will not enter into or afiect the previously colored foreign fiber, and this must be borne in mind for a full and complete understanding of my invention.

Hats made and dyed in the rough, in the above manner, have heretofore been subjected to a cutting operation by means of knives, for the purposes oflancing the hat body and stripping away a .portion of the surface thereof, so as to give the hat a pronounced embossed appearance, while the stripped portions will expose the coloring of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 9, 1913.

Patented July 29,1913. Serial No. 759,823.

the foreign fiber in contrast to the remaining unstripped portions of the hat.

My improvement employs no knives or stripping appliances, but merely operates to rub off the outer surface of a hat in certain localities,-this rubbing otf operation being accomplished by ordinary pouncing surfaces, all of which will be understood from the following description 1 is the bed of my improved machine, 2 the main power shaft suitably journaled on said bed, and 3 is the power pulley carried by said shaft. Keyed upon said shaft are alternate disks 4L, 5, the former made of emery while the latter are preferably made of some suitable metal such as aluminum, these disks being confined tightly together by means of nuts 6 which engage threaded portions of the shaft 2 and are driven firmly against the disks at each end of the composite roll formed thereby.

From the above it will be readily understood that the emery disks are spaced apart by means of the intervening disks of metal, and these emery disks are slightly greater in diameter than the metal disks, so that they will form projections from the composite roll. It will likewise be clear that since these disks 4,.5, are keyed on the power shaft- 2 they will revolve in harmony with said shaft.

At the front of the machine and beneath the composite roll are fluted feed rollers 7 which are suitably journaled within bear ings on the bed of the machine, and at one end of the machine these rollers carry spur gears 9 which mesh with each other, while at the other end of the machine one of these rollers carries a large gear 11 which is in mesh with an idle elongated pinion 12 journaled to the bed 1.

13 is a stub shaft suitably journaled to the bed of the machine and carrying a power pulley 14 which latter carries a small pinion 15 that meshes with the elongated pinion 12.

At the rear of the composite roll and beneath the same is a pair of fluted feed rollers 16 and on the ends of these rollers on one side of the machine are spur gears 18 which mesh with each other while at the other side of the machine on one of these rollers is a large gear 20 which is in mesh with the elongated pinion 12.

From the foregoing it will be clear that when the power pulleys 3 and 14 are revolved in the directions noted by the arrows thereon, the composite roll, and the feed rollers T and 16, will all revolve in the directions likewise noted by the arrows, the rollers 7 serving to feed the hat into the ,machine, while the rollers 10 act to pull the hatthrough the machine, which will b here inafter more fully discussed Immediately beneath the composite roll is a platen 21 which extends substantially throughout the width of the bed '1, and from each extremity of this platen depends a block 22 which fits within ways 23 that are secured to the sides of the machine, so that it will be evident that this platen is capable of adjustment upwardly and downwardly. Pivoted to the under side of the platen is a lever 2a operated by any suitable treadle (not shown) for the purpose of elevating or lowering the platen.

The operation of my improvement is as fol-lows :The pulley Q-and consequently the composite pouncing drum are very highly speeded, while the speed of the rollers 7 and I6 is very low comparatively, and therefore as the hat is fed by the rollers 7 between the platen and the composite roll, the latter will tend to drag the hat faster than the feeding of the rolls 7 will permit, and therefore the result will be a pouncing operation against the hat, and as the latter passes through the machine and between the rollers 16 the latter will act to draw the hat along at a speed equal to that of the rollers 7, and the composite roll will constantly be exerting a pouncing operation.

The pouncing may be interrupted Lt any moment by simply lowering the platen, and therefore the pouncing may be made intermittent, if desired, and a broken design or pattern outlined on the hat.

Hats of difierent textures may be specially treated by merely varying the upward adjustment of the platen because the lighter the pressure of the hat against the pouncing surfaces the more delicate will be the pouncing operation performed, and therefore I am enabled to operate upon hats which are of the flimsiest nature.

It is of course unnecessary to produce any ornamental effect on the inside of the hat crown, but the under portion of the brim must be treated, and therefore, after a hat has been treated on its outer surface it is turned inside out and that part which is to form the under brim portion is subjected to the action of the pouncing surfaces.

The hat may be pounced so as to present quite a variation in the pattern or stripe, since the composite roll may be formed of comparatively wide and narrow disks both of emery and metal, such a variation being obvious and requiring no illustration or further description.

lVhile I have described the disks 5 as composed of some suitable metal, and while I prefer to use the latter because it will not warp or become other-wise affected by moisture, it will nevertheless be clear that the disks 5 may be composed of any material, and, in fact, the entire pouncing roll might be made of emery having annular projecting portions for effecting the desired pouncing, although I greatly prefer the construction shown and described because it is cheaper, very easily assembled, and afiords considerable latitude so far as any variations in the pattern-of the pouncing are concerned. Again, while I prefer to use the rollers 16, nevertheless they may be dispensed with, since the hat may be grasped by the hand of the operator and the final poulncing operation accomplished fairly wel The drawing illustrates merely an approved structure for carrying out my invention, and many changes in details of construction within the spirit of the invention are contemplated, and, therefore, no particular limitation should be understood from the foregoing description, which has been given for clearness of understanding only.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A hatpouncing machine, comprising a rotary pouncing roll having spaced annular pouncing surfaces, a vertically adjustable platen serving as a support for the hat beneath said roll, means controlled by the operator for adjusting said platen nearer to or farther away from said roll as desired, and means for feeding the hat between the said roll and platen.

2. A hat pouncing machine, comprising a rotary pouncing roll having spaced annular pouncing surfaces, a support for the hat beneath said roll, feed rollers beneath said roll and in the front and rear thereof, means for imparting a relatively fast speed to said roll, and means for imparting relatively low speeds to said rollers.

3. A hat pouncing machine, comprising a rotary pouncing roll composed of a power shaft having secured thereto a seriesof disks each alternate disk being made of pouncing material, the pouncing disks being of greater diameter than the diameter of the intermediate disks, a support for the hat beneath the composite roll formed by said disks, and means for feeding the hat between said roll and support.

4. A hat pouncing machine, comprising a rotary pouncing roll having spaced annular pouncing surfaces, an adjustable support for the hat beneathsa-id roll, means for impelling said support upwardly towardthe roll whereby the hat is held with a suitable pressure against said roll, and means for feecilzing the hat between said roll and suppor said roll and in the front and rear thereof, means for imparting a relatively fast speed to the pouncing roll, and means for imparting relative low speeds to the feed rollers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL DELOHERY.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. PURDY, ETHEL M. HARKNESS.

5. A hat pouncing machine, comprising a rotary pouncing roll which is composed of a series of spaced parallel pounoing disks and intermediate disks of a diameter less than that of the first named disks, a movable platen beneath said roll and serving as a support for the hat during the pouncing operation, means for varying the distance of said platen from said roll whereby the pouncing disks will have more or less pressure against the hat, feed rollers beneath Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

1 Washington, D. G. 

